Legendary People

Legend Seeds is staffed by people who are as perfect for their jobs as our seed is for the soil. With a dedicated team of agronomists, account managers, account specialist and support staff assigned to each customer, the Legend staff brings an in-depth knowledge of local conditions to the table.

Stacy Stanton

Chief Financial Officer

About

How would you describe yourself in three words?
Generous • Caring • Dedicated

Tell us about the most rewarding part of your job.
Working with a very talented and dedicated staff who understand the importance of faith and family.

What is Legend Seeds' greatest advantage over other seed companies?
Diversity of the Legend portfolio though in-house research and testing to make sure we only provide our dealers and growers with the "best" products in the market.

Mike Luethmers

Mike Luethmers

Operations Lead

About

What three words describe you?Motivated, Integrity, Faith

In 1-2 sentences, describe the most rewarding part of your job at Legend Seeds:The most rewarding part of my job at Legend is working with our employees and dealers and hearing their passion for agriculture and others.

In your own words, what do you think is Legend's greatest advantage over other seed companies?Our people and product portfolio.

Amy Kruse

AR Manager & Events Coordinator

About

How would you describe yourself in three words?
Spunky, Hard working, Organized

Tell us about the most rewarding part of your job.The most rewarding part of my job is making difference in what I do. I love to have fun and laugh, so I try to make everyone around me have a great time wherever or whatever we are doing.

What is Legend Seeds' greatest advantage over other seed companies?I believe it is a relaxed atmosphere and we are able to have fun at work and still accomplish our duties -- mostly due to our fabulous boss!

Angie Gilligan

Senior Legend Account Specialist/Customer Care Specialist

About

Tell us about the most rewarding part of your job.
I get to work in ag for a company that is an industry leader. My parent's farm, and my husband works on a farm, and eventually my boys hope to do the same. The knowledge that I gain from working at Legend helps me understand and stay in the loop with things that my own family is experiencing.

What is Legend Seeds' greatest advantage over other seed companies?The variety of traits that we are able to offer.

Barry Overby

Assistant Production Manager

About

How would you describe yourself in three words? Detail • Efficiency • Dependable

Tell us about the most rewarding part of your job. I enjoy the day to day challenges and look forward to learning something new all while hopefully sharing some of my experiences with someone else.

What is Legend Seeds' greatest advantage over other seed companies? To me Legend equals family. Whether you are a valued customer or an integral Legend team member, you're not just a number. We all help each other become successful.

Becky McDaniel

Legend Account Specialist

About

How would you describe yourself in three words? Diligent • Loyal • Kind

Tell us about the most rewarding part of your job. Being the glue that helps hold our team together. Everyone is running in different directions but when they call or email I do my best to help them out as quickly and efficiently as I possibly can.

What is Legend Seeds' greatest advantage over other seed companies? We are a team that supports each other.

Bob Lee

Bob Lee

Production Manager

About

How would you describe yourself in three words?
Spiritual • Friendly • Faithful

Tell us about the most rewarding part of your job.
Having the trust in the executive team to manage the seed production for Legend Seeds,which is very vital to our success. Also, the opportunity to work with so many great people within the seed business.

What is Legend Seeds' greatest advantage over other seed companies?
Our regional advantage in research and providing the right product for our customer's acre.

Brandon Stuhaug

Brandon Stuhaug

Warehouse Manager

About

How would you describe yourself in three words? Motivated • Organized • Outgoing

Tell us about the most rewarding part of your job. The most rewarding part of working for Legend Seeds so far has been meeting new people who have nothing but great things to say about Legend as a company.

What is Legend Seeds' greatest advantage over other seed companies? I think Legend has an advantage over other companies because of the people that work here. There is so much great knowledge within the people here. I know it's making it easier for me to learn as well.

Colby Brink

Colby Brink

Legend Account Manager

About

How would you describe yourself in three words?
Honest • Hard-working • Passionate

Tell us about the most rewarding part of your job.
We are a team that works together to make sure everyone succeeds. And the fact that I get to work with all kinds of wonderful and appreciative dealers.

What is Legend Seeds' greatest advantage over other seed companies?
Our employees and our customers are all part of one big family, we realize that without their success we would have no success.

Dale Viktora

Dale Viktora

Legend Sales Agronomist

About

How would you describe yourself in three words?
Outgoing • Organized • Hard-working

Tell us about the most rewarding part of your job.
The most rewarding part of my job at Legend Seeds is helping growers reach the highest yield possible at a economic level.

What is Legend Seeds' greatest advantage over other seed companies?
Regional, and independent, we can bring products to the farmers that work in their specific geography or operation, through our replicated research. Many national brands cannot say that with confidence.

Dan Schmit

Dan Schmit

Legend Account Manager

About

How would you describe yourself in three words?
Loving • Compassionate • Hard-working

Tell us about the most rewarding part of your job.
Working and developing a special relationship with the dealers, and helping them grow their business to their expectations to reach their goals.

What is Legend Seeds' greatest advantage over other seed companies?
The way that Legend cares about and works with their dealers and customers. The flexibility that we have to fix problems in a fair manner. The best products in the industry.

Dani Murray

Dani Murray

Marketing Manager

About

Tell us about the most rewarding part of your job.The most rewarding part about my job with Legend is the opportunity to contribute to a team who is focused on ensuring the success of their dealers and growers. Helping not only Legend but our dealers grow and be successful. "The whole is greater than the sum of the parts," and Legend operates on this team mentality which has been a very rewarding experience to contribute to the team.

What is Legend Seeds' greatest advantage over other seed companies?I think Legend's greatest advantage over other seed companies is its commitment towards providing their customers with the best possible service all year round. The staff truly acts like family and reflects that attitude and dedication towards their customers which gives them a competitive edge over the industry giants.

Darcie Tolzin

Legend Account Specialist

About

How would you describe yourself in three words?
Hard working • Big heart • Outgoing

Tell us about the most rewarding part of your job.
The most rewarding part of my position at Legend Seeds is assisting my account managers and the dealers to reach their goals and the relationships that have been created along the way.

David Schoen

David Schoen

Plant Operator

About

How would you describe yourself in three words?
Conscientious • faithful • resourceful.

Tell us about the most rewarding part of your job.
Being able to work with nice people and feeling good every morning going into work.

What is Legend Seeds' greatest advantage over other seed companies?
Our honesty with dealers and growers is unmatched in the industry and I feel our customers appreciate that a lot compared to other companies

Heath Seefeldt

Plant Operator

About

How would you describe yourself in three words?
Conservationist • Laid back • Hard worker

Tell us about the most rewarding part of your job.
Being able to talk to the customers in the spring and fall of the year; finding out how planting is going, or how the crops are yielding in the fall.

What is Legend Seeds' greatest advantage over other seed companies?
The people. Everyone is here to help our customers, growers, dealers. They're not just our customers; in most cases they are also friends.

Jason Davis

Systems Manager

About

Legend's greatest advantage over other seed companies is the talent and tools we have at our fingertips to transform our dealers into the growers trusted advisers.

What is Legend Seeds' greatest advantage over other seed companies?

Just think about it: Farmacology provides the tools and framework to showcase the potential of technology, research, agronomic support, and analytics that allow dealers the ability to have the conversation with their growers and show them the value of picking the right hybrid for their soil, and not just selling on price. We then combine that with tools like SmartAccess; tools that constantly analyze the demands of the dealer and ask the question, "How can we make it easier for you to do business with us?"

But providing tools is only step one of the process. Learning how to use them is the next step. Legend has exclusive "Learn and Lead" meetings, where dealers can participate, and learn how our tools work together, and how they can utilize them to their advantages. This multi-honed approach -- developing tools to help dealers, and teaching the dealers how to use these tools in their business -- is what truly sets Legend apart from other companies. Legend is successful when our dealers are successful, and Legend is in a unique position to take our dealers, and transform them into their growers "trusted advisers." Being able to help Legend gain efficiency by effectively using technology to better communicate and collaborate.

Jed Wall

Jed Wall

Sunflower Business Development Lead

About

How would you describe yourself in three words?
Driven • Thoughtful • Generous

Tell us about the most rewarding part of your job.
I really enjoy it when you introduce a dealer or customer to a new product or a new processor and they are successful.

What is Legend Seeds' greatest advantage over other seed companies?
I think Legend's greatest advantage is our people; as far as I'm concerned we have the most knowledgeable and talented staff in the industry!

Jessica Karels

Jessica Karels

Legend Sales Specialist

About

How would you describe yourself in three words?
Adventurous • Adaptable • Nice

Tell us about the most rewarding part of your job.
The most rewarding part of my job is working with dealers who have been a dealer for a long time, and going out to see their customers. Another rewarding part of that is showing them what we have to offer and help the customer with their needs.

What is Legend Seeds' greatest advantage over other seed companies?
Legend's greatest advantage over other seed companies is the fact that Legend runs its business like a corporate, but it is actually a friendly, family business.

Joel Helm

Joel Helm

Warehouse Manager

About

What three words describe you?Motivated • loyal • funny.

Tell us about the most rewarding part of your job.
Working at Legend Seeds offers several rewards. One of them being the ability to work with a great group of people that care about great work ethics, as I do. Another, working at Legend allows me to gain knowledge in an area of farming that has always been interesting to me.

What is Legend Seeds' greatest advantage over other seed companies?
Service. Trust. Performance.

Kelsey Hansen

Kelsey Hansen

Legend Account Manager

About

How would you describe yourself in three words?
Outgoing • Passionate • Family-orientated

Tell us about the most rewarding part of your job.
Helping farmers and dealers succeed in what they love.

What is Legend Seeds' greatest advantage over other seed companies?
We have the opportunity to offer every trait package available in the market to help farmers with all their seed needs while offering the best in customer service and personal relationships! We are not only their seed company we are their friends!

Kip Davis

Kip Davis

Processing Manager

About

How would you describe yourself in three words?
Fun • Kind of quiet • Hardworking.

Tell us about the most rewarding part of your job.
I get to work closely with a lot of our soybean growers. I get to do a lot with the new seed treatment and seed treating equipment. I enjoy working with our downstream treating facilities.

What is Legend Seeds' greatest advantage over other seed companies?
I feel Legend Seeds has an advantage over other seed companies because we are flexible and easy to work with. We also get to work with all the major seed traits in the market.

Kristyne Thull

Kristyne Thull

Marketing Coordinator

About

How would you describe yourself in three words?
Positive • Determined • Confident

Tell us about the most rewarding part of your job.
I think the most rewarding part of my job is knowing that in the long run, I am part of a larger picture. I'm not just promoting our products to gain sales, I'm promoting our products to help our farmers get higher yields which leads to being able to provide more food for our growing population throughout the world. I truly believe that is just what we are doing here at Legend Seeds - Helping meet the growing needs of our world.

What is Legend Seeds' greatest advantage over other seed companies?
I believe Legend's greatest advantage over other seed companies is our access to any traits in the industry. We are not owned by Monsanto, Syngenta, Bayer, Ect. Because we are independent, we are not confined to any set of traits and in turn are able to be a great place to do business because we are able to provide options for any acre.

Lonnie Erbes

Lonnie Erbes

Legend Account Manager

About

How would you describe yourself in three words?
Likable • Trustworthy • Laid-back

Tell us about the most rewarding part of your job.
I have always liked watching crops grow and seeing the differerent inputs and difference in hybrids. I like the people here and all that goes into running a succesful company.

Maria Harvey

Maria Harvey

Legend Account Manager

About

How would you describe yourself in three words?
Independent • Knowledgeable • Creative

Tell us about the most rewarding part of your job.
I get the privilege of working with great people who are knowledgeable about what they do, whether they work in farming, ranching or being in the seed business and I get to learn from them. It becomes part of my experience that I get to couple with knowledge of our products and services that I can then share to help those I work with succeed in what they do.

What is Legend Seeds' greatest advantage over other seed companies?
We really are committed to bringing our customers the best in genetics, service and value. Maintaining our independence has allowed us to filter out and select the best options for those we serve and has given us the flexibility to meet the changing demands of our customers, but most importantly we have the people with the experience and the heart to do it.

Mike Thom

Mike Thom

Distribution Manager

About

How would you describe yourself in three words?
Optimistic • Reliable • Organized

Tell us about the most rewarding part of your job.
Meeting our dealers and growers face-to-face and helping them succeed on their farms.

What is Legend Seeds' greatest advantage over other seed companies?
The people. If I need something or a customer needs something done, the person you need is only a phone call away to help, whether that be a guy in the warehouse or the president of the company. I think that is our greatest advantage.

Robert McDonah

Robert McDonah

Warehouse Manager

About

How would you describe yourself in three words?
Reliable • Trustworthy • Friendly

Tell us about the most rewarding part of your job.
I really enjoy talking with customers when they come to pick up their seed orders.

What is Legend Seeds' greatest advantage over other seed companies?
I think that the greatest advantage Legend Seeds has over other seed companies is that it's family owned, and has a wide variety of seeds available.

Shar Torkelson

Shar Torkelson

Legend Account Specialist

About

How would you describe yourself in three words?
Motivated • Hard working • Detail oriented

Tell us about the most rewarding part of your job.
The most rewarding part of my job with Legend Seeds is the ability to help dealers with their accounts and to be able to keep the records accurate. When I am able to help them with something it is rewarding to hear in their voice or see on their face the appreciation for what I do.

What is Legend Seeds' greatest advantage over other seed companies?
I believe the greatest advantage that Legend has is the feeling of a team working together to help the dealer grow their business. And also the small company feel that we have where a dealer can talk to anyone in the company, from the Executives to the warehouse staff that arrange the delivery of their products.

Stacy Nuzum

Stacy Nuzum

Executive Coordinator

About

How would you describe yourself in three words?
Caring • Organized • Reliable

Tell us about the most rewarding part of your job.
The most rewarding part of my job at Legend Seeds is working with our dealers, growers and staff. Being able to see their successes from the beginning of the farming process to the end is heart warming!

What is Legend Seeds' greatest advantage over other seed companies?
Most definitely the people. We are not just co-workers and our dealers are not just customers. We truly treat each other like family and everyone genuinely cares for one and other.

Steve Resler

Steve Resler

Regional Manager

About

How would you describe yourself in three words?
Family • Hard-working • Driven

Tell us about the most rewarding part of your job.
The most rewarding part of what I get to do at Legend Seeds is being able to help my team succeed professionally and personally, and in turn being able to help our customers.

What is Legend Seeds' greatest advantage over other seed companies?
For me it is truly that we are an independent seed company with a staff that is second to none in terms of their passion to do their job right with the customer being the first priority.

Tanner Daffinson

Tanner Daffinson

Plant Operator

About

How would you describe yourself in three words?
Honest • Reliable • Self-motivated

Tell us about the most rewarding part of your job.
The most rewarding to me is the opportunity to interact with all different types of customers and being able to see the different operations farmers have. The Legend staff is great to work with.

What is Legend Seeds' greatest advantage over other seed companies?
The determination to continue to grow and be the best for our customers.

Wes Clubb

Wes Clubb

Logistics Manager

About

How would you describe yourself in three words?
Energetic • Hardworking • Passionate

Tell us about the most rewarding part of your job.
Some of the most rewarding parts of my job here at Legend Seeds is that I get to work with and learn from some of the best employees in the seed business. This is truly a great place to work and a great place to do business.

What is Legend Seeds' greatest advantage over other seed companies?
Legend Seeds doesn't sell a customer a product just to sell. Here at Legend we utilize all the research, sales and support staff for each customer so that they can make the best return of profit and customer service support than they can get anywhere else Legend Seeds is truly a Great Place to do business. We love our Customers and we want our customers to succeed!!

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Do not export Genuity Roundup Ready Alfalfa seed or crop, including hay or hay products, to China pending import approval. In addition, due to the unique cropping practices do not plant Genuity Roundup Ready Alfalfa in Imperial County, California, pending import approvals and until Monsanto grants express permission for such planting.

As of this printing no dicamba herbicide product has been approved for commercial in-crop use with Roundup Ready 2 Xtend soybeans. DO NOT APPLY DICAMBA HERBICIDE IN-CROP TO Roundup Ready 2 Xtend Soybeans in 2016 unless you use a dicamba herbicide product that is specifically labeled for that use in the location where you intend to make the application. While no in-crop use of dicamba is currently approved, some dicamba products may be labeled for weed control prior to planting a crop and subject to minimum plant back restrictions. IT IS A VIOLATION OF FEDERAL AND STATE LAW TO MAKE AN IN-CROP APPLICATION OF ANY DICAMBA HERBICIDE PRODUCT ON Roundup Ready 2 Xtend Soybeans, OR ANY OTHER PESTICIDE APPLICATION, UNLESS THE PRODUCT LABELING SPECIFICALLY AUTHORIZES THE USE. Contact the U.S. EPA and your state pesticide regulatory agency with any questions about the approval status of dicamba herbicide products for in-crop use with Roundup Ready 2 Xtend Soybeans and follow all pesticide product labeling.

Monsanto Company is a member of Excellence Through Stewardship (ETS). Monsanto products are commercialized in accordance with ETS Product Launch Stewardship Guidance, and in compliance with Monsanto's Policy for Commercialization of Biotechnology-Derived Plant Products in Commodity Crops. Certain products have been approved for import into key export markets with functioning regulatory systems. Roundup Ready 2 Xtend soybeans have been approved for cultivation in the U.S. and Canada, and for import in Australia/New Zealand, Colombia, China, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Taiwan, and Vietnam. The single events in Roundup Ready 2 Xtend soybeans have been approved for import in the EU. As of February 2, 2016, E.U. stack approval for Roundup Ready 2 Xtend soybeans is in the final stage of approval and is expected but not guaranteed to be received in the near future. Any crop or material produced from this product can only be exported to, or used, processed or sold in countries where all necessary regulatory approvals have been granted. It is a violation of national and international law to move material containing biotech traits across boundaries into nations where import is not permitted. Growers should talk to their grain handler or product purchaser to confirm their buying position for this product. Growers should refer to http://www.biotradestatus.com/ for any updated information on import country approvals. Excellence Through Stewardship is a registered trademark of Biotechnology Industry Organization.

B.t. products may not yet be registered in all states. Check with your Monsanto representative for the registration status in your state.

IMPORTANT IRM INFORMATION: Genuity RIB Complete corn blend products do not require the planting of a structured refuge except in the Cotton-Growing Area where corn earworm is a significant pest. Always read and follow IRM requirements.

ALWAYS READ AND FOLLOW PESTICIDE LABEL DIRECTIONS. Roundup Ready 2 Xtend Soybeans contains genes that confer tolerance to glyphosate and dicamba. Glyphosate herbicides will kill crops that are not tolerant to glyphosate. Dicamba will kill crops that are not tolerant to dicamba. Contact your Monsanto dealer or refer to Monsanto's Technology Use Guide for recommended Roundup Ready Xtend Crop System weed control programs. Acceleron and Design, DroughtGard, Genuity Design, Genuity Icons, Roundup, Roundup Ready 2 Yield, Roundup Ready, Roundup Ready 2 Technology and DesignÂ®, Roundup Ready 2 Xtend, RIB Complete and Design, RIB Complete, SmartStax and Design, SmartStax, SR Design, VT Double PRO and VT Triple PRO are trademarks of Monsanto Technology LLC. LibertyLink and the Water Droplet Design is a registered trademark of Bayer. Herculex is a registered trademark of Dow AgroSciences LLC. Respect the Refuge and Corn Design and Respect the Refuge are registered trademarks of National Corn Growers Association. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

Individual results may vary, and performance may vary from location to location and from year to year. This result may not be an indicator of results you may obtain as local growing, soil and weather conditions may vary. Growers should evaluate data from multiple locations and years whenever possible.

SOYBEAN PIRACY STATEMENT: Seeds containing the Genuity Roundup Ready 2 Yield or the Roundup Ready 2 Xtend traits can only be used to plant a single commercial crop. It is unlawful to save and replant Genuity Roundup Ready 2 Yield or Roundup Ready 2 Xtend soybeans. Additional information and limitations on the use of these products are provided in the Monsanto Technology Stewardship Agreement, the Monsanto Technology Use Guide, and 2016 Technology Use Guide Addendum to include Roundup Ready 2 Xtend Soybeans. U.S. patents for Monsanto technologies can be found at the following webpage: http://www.monsantotechnology.com

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Respect the Rotation is an initiative to elevate the importance and grower adoption of herbicide diversity to prevent or manage weed resistance. Glyphosate weed resistance is a dominating threat throughout the United States that affects land values, rental agreements, conservation tillage and can greatly reduce yields. The use of Integrated Weed Management practices, such as use of residuals, pre-emergence herbicides and rotation of crops, traits and herbicides, is critical as no one method is likely to be completely successful.

Caution: Do not spray E-Z Refuge products with Liberty Brand Herbicide. Agrisure, Agrisure Artesian, Artesian, Agrisure Duracade, Agrisure Viptera, Avicta, Concep, Cruiser, CruiserMaxx, E-Z Refuge and Maxim are trademarks of a Syngenta Group Company. Agrisure Technology incorporated into these seeds is commercialized under license from Syngenta Seeds, Inc. Herculex Technology incorporated into these seeds is commercialized under license from Dow AgroSciences LLC. HERCULEX and the HERCULEX Shield are trademarks of Dow AgroSciences LLC.

Avicta Complete Corn is a Restricted Use Pesticide. For use by certified applicators only. Growers planting Avicta treated seed are not required to be certified applicators. Avicta technology is protected by U.S. Patent No. 6,875,727. Avicta Complete Corn is an on-seed application of Avicta Complete Corn 250 or Avicta Complete Corn 500, alone or in combination with sufficient Cruiser 5FS to deliver 1.25 mg ai/seed of insecticide.

STS logo is a registered trademark of E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company. DuPont and STS are trademarks of DuPont or its affiliates. STS is a tolerance gene that allows aggressive rates of either Synchrony XP herbicide or Harmony SG herbicide tank mixed with glyphosate in post, in-crop applications. This provides a simple, cost-effective weed control option for tough weeds such as lambsquarters, marestail, morning glory, ragweeds, yellow nutsedge, and many other broadleaf or sedge weeds in soybeans. Contact your local DuPont agriculture retailer or local sales representative for details. Always read and follow all label directions and precautions for use.